a tale of crafts involving needles and thread
In May 2014, I started a small Rosebud (Pattern by TinCanKnits) Knit-Along with a couple friends. I found the perfect yarn by Swans Island at our local shop. It’s a gorgeous raspberry color with slight variations in the color to add depth. And it’s soft – so, so soft. As it happens, it took me […]
I was talking with my cousin the other day about what we knitters (and crocheter’s) need that is not readily available. I puzzled and thought and sketched, and in the end came back to a simple needle/hook organizer. If you are anything like me, your needles are sitting in a rubbermaid bin, twisted and jumbled […]
Last month I joined a mystery knit-along. This was totally new to me, and I thought I’d jump right in. I LOVED it. There is something so fun about not knowing what the next part of your knitting will look like. Will it be lacy? Will it be striped? Will it be both? Now that […]
Our local yarn shop, 88 Stitches, is having a kind of knitting challenge during the next few weeks, in conjunction with the Winter Olympics. I’ve decided to join in and challenge myself to knitting a Grace sweater found in Jane Richmond‘s Island book. It is a beautiful, classic sweater. I’ll be casting on tomorrow morning. […]
I’m not sure what it is about old unfinished projects, but they seem to grow in magnitude as time goes by. They sit and lurk in the back of our minds, their presence a shadow that can be ignored or forgotten until stumbled across again. Since autumn, my sewing area has been migrating from it’s […]
